{"id":17717,"date":"2025-08-28T18:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17717"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:04:11","slug":"canada-india-name-new-envoys-in-sign-of-thawing-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17717","title":{"rendered":"Canada, India name new envoys in sign of thawing\u00a0ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Canada and India announced new high commissioners to each other\u2019s countries on Thursday, in the latest sign of improving ties strained by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s allegation that India was linked to the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s previous high commissioner left Ottawa in October. Canada said he was among six diplomats expelled over the case of separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, while India said it had withdrawn its envoy. The same day, India ordered the expulsion of six senior Canadian diplomats, including the then-acting high commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau\u2019s successor, Mark Carney, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to reinstate senior diplomats during their first bilateral meeting in Canada in June.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: Modi turns to Asia amid US tariff strain<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s foreign ministry said veteran diplomat Christopher Cooter would take up the post, which had been vacant since last year. \u201cThe appointment of a new High Commissioner reflects Canada\u2019s step-by-step approach to deepening diplomatic engagement and advancing bilateral cooperation with India,\u201d Foreign Minister Anita Anand said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s foreign ministry said its new high commissioner, Dinesh K. Patnaik, was \u201cexpected to take up the assignment shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nijjar, designated a terrorist by India in 2020, was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in June 2023. In September, Trudeau said Canada was pursuing \u201ccredible allegations\u201d linking Indian agents to the murder, claims India dismissed while accusing Ottawa of sheltering Sikh separatists.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: Canada Warns US Relations Will Change Forever After Tariffs<\/p>\n<p>Canada hosts the largest Sikh population outside India\u2019s Punjab. India is also Canada\u2019s top source of temporary foreign workers and international students, and an important market for pulses such as lentils and yellow peas.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Carney has emphasized the need to diversify trade beyond the United States. The envoy appointments came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to double tariffs on Indian imports to as much as 50% took effect, delivering a blow to New Delhi\u2019s trade ties.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada and India announced new high commissioners to each other\u2019s countries on Thursday, in the latest sign of improving ties strained by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s allegation that India was linked to the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada. India\u2019s previous high commissioner left Ottawa in October. Canada said he was among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}